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Joy Division ‎– Transmission Label: Factory ‎– FAC 13.12, Factory ‎– FAC 13 X 12 Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Single  Country: UK Released: Dec 1980 Genre: Rock Style: New Wave Tracklist A Transmission3:35 BNovelty3:59 Companies, etc. Published By – Fractured Music Credits Design [Uncredited] – Peter Saville (2) Lacquer Cut By – Porky (5) Plated By – EG* Producer – Martin Hannett Notes First edition with embossed centre image on sleeve. A Fractured Music A Factory Record Date on label: 12 9 80 Published by Fractured Music  

UK FIRST PRESSING VINYL 12 INCH SINGLE IN EMBOSSED SLEEVE WITH ORIGINAL WHITE INNER SLEEVE.

MATRIX:  SIDE A:   FAC 13 (12") A1 EG A PORKY PRIME CUT I'VE SEEN THE REAL ATROCITIES  /  SIDE B:  FAC 13 (12") B1 EG A PORKY PRIME CUT BURIED IN THE SAND.

 SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.   INNER SLEEVE[S] VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC[S]: EXCELLENT MINUS. NO SCRATCHES, JUST A FEW LIGHT HAIRLINES. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.